Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The flat surface of a table.
- adjective Made or designed for use on the top of a table.
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- noun the flat, horizontal surface of a
table - noun skateboarding A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
- adjective Designed to be used on the top of a table
- adjective Compact enough that it theoretically could be used on top of a table
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the top horizontal work surface of a table
Etymologies
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Examples
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The imposing table also has a fascinating and original design and features a huge round sphere on which the tabletop is placed on.
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(I currently run a local LARP game, Cambridge University Treasure Trap, and have played and run a lot of tabletop too – currently playing a UA online game and running a fairly ‘board-game’ style game of 4e; I consider myself an immersionist as a player and would like to hear how to make it happen more in tabletop …)
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A languid stretch, drumming her fingers on the porcelain tabletop, she asks:
Lily Roberta Lawson 2010
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I have to deal with this sort of nonsense in tabletop RPGs and other hobby games.
How To Address The $5 RE5 Vs. Mode Issue SVGL 2009
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Designed by Tobias Berneth and manufactured by Karl Andersson & Söner, the tabletop is just 6 mm thick, and is made in veneers of oak, birch, walnut and white laminate, as well as in black-stained oak.
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Although, tabletop is misleading in that they eventually will be thin enough to mount on walls or put pretty much anywhere.
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Yoj had twice announced her intention to wash every item of laundry in the house, while such good drying weather held, but still had not moved from her chair, languidly tracing letters on the tabletop from the condensation on her glass.
SKENE: CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Maggie Jochild 2007
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It’s interesting – in tabletop gaming I’ve almost always played a healer, but in online gaming I’m almost always DPS.
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I don’t have a problem writing down adventure hooks on a card and giving it to the players if they need help focusing, but turning it into a contract … it damages what tabletop is best at, improvisation and an open dynamic world.
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Love the look of that, if only the tabletop was a bit deeper it would be perfect.
Build A Computer Desk From An IKEA Door | Lifehacker Australia 2008
alexz commented on the word tabletop
in mountain biking, and dirt jumping, it's flat tops on dirt jumps to make a hill safer for new riders.
January 12, 2013
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